THE COSMIC DEBRIS STORY OUTLINE BY STEVEN TRIPPP

THE STORY OUTLINE FOR A PROPOSED MOVIE CALLED … ‘COSMIC DEBRIS’

BY

STEVEN TRIPPP.

{AUDIO FILES FOR THE SOUNDTRACK AND NOTES FOR FURTHER OUTLINE EMBELLISHMENT ARE INCLUDED}

NOTE: 
THE OPENING MUSIC TRACK IS AN AUDIO EDIT SAMPLED FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDING BY ‘ZAGER AND EVANS’ OF THEIR HIT SONG ‘IN THE YEAR 2525’.  THE LYRICS IN THE CHORUS HAVE BEEN CHANGED SLIGHTLY HOWEVER TO BECOME ‘IN THE YEAR 2025’ WITH STUTTERING, SKIPPING AND DISJOINTED REPEATS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT.  A LYRICAL DIALOGUE WITH A STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE IS LAID OVER THE TOP OF THE SAMPLE USING THE ARTIFICIALLY GENERATED VOICE OF THE LATE STEPHEN HAWKING. 

THE VISUALS COMMENCE WITH A MONTAGE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES AND VIDEO FOOTAGE DEPICTING COUNTER-CULTURE ACTIVITIES AT THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY GARDENS AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.  WIND AND SOLAR TECHNOLOGY ARE SEEN IN GREAT PROFUSION AT EVERY TURN.  A GROUP OF SMALL CHILDREN ARE SEEN TENDING A FREE FOOD GARDEN ALONGSIDE A MEGA WOOLWORTH'S COMPLEX AS ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND HYBRID CARS DOMINATE THE FLOW OF LOCAL TRAFFIC.

2025

               IN THE YEAR TWENTY, TWENTY FIVE, IF MAN IS STILL ALIVE , IF WOMAN CAN SURVIVE, THEY MAY FIND ….                             

IN THE YEAR TWENTY, TWENTY FIVE, THERE WILL BE EIGHT BILLION PEOPLE ALIVE. IT’S A GOOD TIME TO START PLANNING NOW, GO OUT IN THE GARDEN AND SHARPEN YOUR PLOW.

IN THE YEAR TWENTY, TWENTY FIVE, WE WILL HAVE TO RE-THINK THE WAY WE SURVIVE

THE THINGS WE CONSUME WILL BE MORE SAFE AND SOUND

                                                 WE’LL CLEAN UP THE GARBAGE DUMP UNDER THE GROUND

IN THE YEAR TWENTY, TWENTY FIVE, YOU WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE CAR THAT YOU DRIVE

IT WILL BE FUELED BY THE POWER OF THE SUN AND THE AIR WILL BE CLEANER FOR EVERYONE

IN THE YEAR TWENTY, TWENTY FIVE, I’M KIND OF WONDERING IF MAN IS GOING TO BE ALIVE

HE’S TAKEN EVERYTHING THIS OLD EARTH CAN GIVE AND HE AIN’T PUT BACK NOTHING

NOW IT’S BEEN TEN THOUSAND YEARS, MAN HAS CRIED A BILLION TEARS

FOR WHAT HE NEVER KNEW, NOW MANS REIGN IS THROUGH

BUT THROUGH ETERNAL NIGHT, THE TWINKLING OF STARLIGHT

SO VERY FAR AWAY, MAYBE IT’S ONLY YESTERDAY.

IN THE YEAR TWENTY, TWENTY FIVE, IF MAN IS STILL ALIVE , IF WOMAN CAN SURVIVE, THEY MAY FIND ….

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SUMMER ... 2025 AD

A HOMELESS, GULF WAR VET AND ECO-ACTIVIST/MUSICIAN KNOWN AS ‘SKIPPER’ IS CAMPING IN A PUBLIC RESERVE NEAR THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN AND FROM HERE HE COMMUTES DAILY ON HIS TRAIL BIKE DOWN THROUGH BEVERLY HILLS TO GO BUSKING AND DUMPSTER DIVING FOR SUPPLIES IN THE BEACH DISTRICTS OF LA.  

NOTE: SKIPPER CUTS A SIMILAR FIGURE TO A YOUNGER KIETH RICHARDS AND AT NO STAGE THROUGHOUT THE EARLY PART OF THE FILM IS HE SEEN WITHOUT A SMOLDERING JOINT HANGING OUT OF HIS MOUTH AND A STUBBY OF BEER IN HIS HAND.  AS THE 2025 TRACK FADES  ‘C’MON RIDE IT’ BY ‘THE QUAD CITY DJ’S’ KICKS IN AND WE SEE SKIPPER JOURNEYING DOWN FROM THE HILLS TO THE BEACH ON HIS TRAIL BIKE.  WHEN HE GETS THERE THE CAMERA TRAVELS WITH HIM AS HE FILLS HIS BACKPACK WITH FOOD FROM WITHIN THE DUMPSTER THEN SCORES SOME WEED FROM A RASTA GUY AT HIS BUSKING SHOW AND CHATS UP A GOOD LOOKING BABE NEAR A HOT DOG STAND ON THE BEACH.

NOTE: 
THE SONG THAT SKIPPER PERFORMS AT HIS BUSKING SHOW IS CALLED 'THE BONG SONG'

HAVING BROKEN DOWN ON HIS BIKE IN ONE OF THE HIGH END NEIGHBORHOODS SKIPPER GETS TALKING TO AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN WHO IS WALKING A YOUNG PUPPY AND WEARING A VINTAGE T SHIRT THAT PROMOTES THE ‘UP IN SMOKE’ MOVIE BY THE FAMOUS DRUG CULTURE HEROES ‘CHEECH AND CHONG’.  THE MAN HAS STOPPED TO PICK UP SOME DOGGY POO AND AS HE DOES HE AND SKIPPER EXCHANGE SOME SMALL TALK ABOUT THE T SHIRT. SKIPPER IS AMUSED AND DELIGHTED TO DISCOVER THAT HE HAS MET THE MAN WHO WAS THE PERSONAL MANAGER OF HIS ALL TIME FAVORITES AND HELPED TO BRING THEIR MOVIES AND RECORDS TO THE WORLD IN THE 1970’S AND 80S. SKIP DECLARES PROUDLY T0 LOU THAT HE IS CHEECH AND CHONGS NUMBER ONE FAN.

NOTE: THE CHARACTER OF ’UNCLE LOUIE’ IS BASED IN PART ON ‘LOU ADLER’ THE ACTUAL CHEECH AND CHONGS MANAGER/PRODUCER.

‘MINDY’ THE BABE THAT SKIPPER WAS CHATTING UP AT THE BEACH HAS BEEN RIDING PILLION WITH HIM AND HER BODY LANGUAGE SUGGESTS THAT SHE IS NOT COMFORTABLE STANDING AROUND ON THE KERBSIDE IN THE HOT SUN. THE TRAIL BIKE HAS BROKEN DOWN DUE TO A DIRTY CARBURATER WHICH SKIPPER SKILLFULLY CLEANS AND RE INSTALLS IN THE SHORT TIME IT TAKES LOU TO PICK UP THE DOGGY BUSINESS AND INDULGE IN A COUPLE OF NAUGHTY LITTLE CHOOFS ON THE JOINT THAT SKIPPER AND MINDY HAVE BEEN SHARING.

WHEN THE BIKE IS AGAIN MOBILE LOU SUGGESTS THAT SKIPPER MIGHT LIKE TO CLEAN HIS GREASY HANDS WITH THE GARDEN HOSE, WHICH IS JUST UP THE HILL A LITTLE WAY. SKIPPER ACCEPTS THE OFFER AND HE PERFORMS A HAIR RAISING WHEEL STAND UP TO THE HIGH IRON SECURITY GATES LOU WAS POINTING TOWARDS.  THE MOVIE PRODUCERS HOME IS A LAVISH MANSION DECORATED INSIDE AND OUT WITH ALL THINGS GAMBLING AND CASINO RELATED, WITH A SPECTACULAR VIEW OF THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN OFF IN THE DISTANCE.  MINDY STRIPS NAKED AND DIVES OFF THE OUTSIDE BALCONY INTO THE POOL AS OUR NEWLY ACQUAINTED PAIR OF ROWDY, KINDRED MISFITS EXCHANGE TALES OF THE GLORY DAYS OVER COFFEE AND ASSORTED PARTY AIDS. LOU FINDS HE IS QUITE INTRIGUED BY THE ENDLESS FLOW OF STONED CONVERSATION COMING FROM SKIPPER AND HE IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN AN IDEA SKIP SHARES ABOUT SETTING UP A VENTURE PROJECT TO RECRUIT INVESTORS FOR A ‘LOW ORBIT SPACE JUNK RECYCLING STATION’ IN ADVANCE OF NASA’S PLANS TO COLONIZE MARS.  LOU SAYS THAT MOST OF HIS WELL TO DO NEIGHBORS ARE ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPATHIZERS WHO MIGHT JUMP AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT SUCH AN UNDERTAKING AND HE OFFERS TO MAKE SOME INQUIRIES. 

WITHIN A WEEK OF HIS KIND OFFER LOU HAS BROKERED A NUMBER OF PLEDGES FROM HIS WEALTHY FRIENDS WHICH PROVIDES THE INITIAL FUNDS TO SET UP SKIPPERS BUSINESS AND GET IT LISTED ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE.  DUE TO HIS TIRELESS CAMPAIGNING IT DOESN’T TAKE LONG BEFORE WORD OF THE VENTURE FILTERS THROUGH TO THE GLOBAL, BILLIONAIRE ELITE AND THE PROJECT FINDS ITSELF ON THE RECEIVING END OF A DEVELOPMENT BUDGET BIG ENOUGH TO RIVAL NASA, SPACE X AND VIRGIN COMBINED. SKIPPERS NEWFOUND FRIENDSHIP WITH LOU IS RELAXED AND EASY GOING AND HE SUDDENLY FINDS THAT HE HAS GRADUATED FROM HIS ROUGH SHOD CAMP UP AT THE LOOKOUT TO A LUXURY BUNGALOW BESIDE UNCLE LOUIE’S SWIMMING POOL.

NOTE:  INITIALLY SKIPPER AND MINDY MOVE INTO THE BUNGALOW TOGETHER, BUT IT QUICKLY BECOMES A TWENTY FOUR HOUR PARTY ZONE FOR ALL THEIR CRAZY FRIENDS, SO SKIPPER SETS UP A TIPI AMONG SOME TALL PALM TREES A LITTLE WAY DOWN IN THE VALLEY.

SKIPS WORLD HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY TURNED ON IT’S ARSE AND AT TIMES HE STRUGGLES TO COMPREHEND THE SHEER MAGNITUDE OF HIS UNDERTAKING.  IN A MOMENT OF ECSTASY AND LSD INSPIRED CLARITY HE DECIDES THAT HIS NEW GROWTH CURVE IN LIFE SHOULD BE TO LET GO OF HIS CAREFREE BEACH BUM LIFESTYLE AND BECOME A RESPECTABLE BUSINESSMAN AT THE HELM OF ‘FREESPACE INDUSTRIES’ THE MOST ADVENTUROUS RECYCLING ENTERPRISE THE WORLD HAS SEEN. 

THUS BEGINS A TRAIL BLAZING DECADE THAT SEE’S INCREASED LAUNCHES FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WITH PAYLOADS OF MATERIALS AND CREWS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE REPLICAS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THESE ARE INTENDED TO SERVE AS PEOPLED BASES FOR THE ENTIRE RECYCLING OPERATION. 0NCE THE BASE STATIONS ARE ESTABLISHED MOBILE, SOLAR POWERED SCRAP HARVESTERS ARE ASSEMBLED AND WORK BEGINS ON THE MONUMENTAL TASK OF SALVAGING ALL OF THE POLLUTING, METALLIC DEBRIS FROM WITHIN THE EARTHS ATMOSPHERE. THE ACCUMULATED SCRAP METAL IS EVENTUALLY TRANSFORMED THROUGH STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGIES INTO A GIGANTIC, ORBITING WASTE TREATMENT PLATFORM AND MANUFACTURING PLANT. BUSINESS BOOMS FOR THE CORPORATION THROUGH THE YEARS THAT FOLLOW AND BY THE TIME NASA IS READY TO START IT’S SETTLEMENTS ON MARS THERE ARE MOUNTAINS OF BUILDING MATERIAL WAITING FOR THEM IN LOW ORBIT. 

NOTE:  AS SKIPPER OVERSEES FREESPACE OPERATIONS AT THE ORBITING SCRAP YARD HE TRAVELS ON AN ALL TERRAIN  TRIKE THAT HAS FRONT AND REAR TRACKS INSTEAD OF WHEELS AND BECAUSE IT IS JET POWERED HE CAN EASILY COMMUTE BETWEEN STRUCTURES AROUND THE COLONY. 'SPACE IS THE PLACE' SOON BECOMES THE NEW BUZZ WORDS ACROSS THE GLOBE AND AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT THE POLITICIANS AND LAWMAKERS DOWN ON EARTH BECOME A LITTLE UNEASY ABOUT ALL OF THE ACTIVITY GOING ON BEYOND THEIR REACH. IN TIME AN ORBITAL POLICE STATION IS ESTABLISHED WHICH IS MANNED BY AN INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENT OF AGENTS AND A SIZABLE SQUADREN OF ROBOTIC FOOT SOLDIERS.

IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE COLONY BEFORE THE FLOATING COP SHOP CAME ALONG SKIPPER HAD BEEN THINKING HE HAD THE FREEDOM TO ENGAGE IN ONE OF HIS GREAT LOVES WHICH IS GROWING POT SO HE ESTABLISHED A HEALTHY HYDROPONIC CROP IN A DISUSED STORAGE AREA OF THE RECYCLING PLANT. TENSIONS ARE RIPE BETWEEN THE COPS AND MOST OF THE COLONIES POT SMOKING WORK CREWS AND ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THEY HAVE HAD EGG ON THEIR FACES WHEN THEY TRIED TO CARRY OUT INSPECTIONS.

BY 2035 MOST OF THE EARTHS ORBITING RUBBISH HAS BEEN RECYCLED SO TO KEEP THE CORPORATION EXPANDING AND RELEVANT THE FREESPACE PLATFORM IS TRANSFORMED INTO AN ORBITAL THEME PARK CALLED ‘SPACE WORLD’ WHICH INCLUDES A SPACE TOURISM SERVICE THAT IS FAR LESS EXPENSIVE THAN ALL OF THE COMPETITORS. IN TIME THE THEME PARK BECOMES THE CENTRAL HUB OF MANY THRIVING LUXURY RESORTS AS LIVING OFF THE EARTH BECOMES THE FAVORITE PASTIME OF THE SUPER RICH.

NOTE:  MINDY AND SKIPPER DECIDED TO GET MARRIED AFTER THE BIRTH OF THEIR FIFTH CHILD AND THE FAMILY SET UP CAMP  IN A DOMED SEA PLATFORM  JUST OFF SANTA MONICA BEACH. AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT ALL THE KIDS ARE MUSICALLY TALENTED SO BY THE TIME THE YOUNGEST IS EIGHT THEY HAVE FORMED A KIDDIE BAND CALLED ‘THE STARKIDS’ WHICH UNCLE LOUIE AND SKIPPER SET ABOUT PROMOTING AND MARKETING ALONG SIMILAR LINES TO ‘THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY’ AND’ THE JACKSON’S. THE PLAN THAT UNCLE LOUIE COMES UP WITH IS TO TARGET THE LUCRATIVE FUNDEMENTALIST CHRISTIAN MARKET WITH A PURE IMAGE AND SONGS THAT OFFER A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND GLORY. THE KIDS ARE TO BE SHOWCASED AT THE ‘ROXY’ THEATER OF WHICH LOU IS A PART OWNER AND THEN HE WILL PUT THEM ON AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL AT A LOTTERY AWARD EVENT WHERE THE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A MILLION BUCKS IN CASH AND TICKETS ON THE FREESPACE SHUTTLE TO SPACEWORLD. THE KIDS ARE AS YET LIMITED IN THEIR SONG WRITING ABILITIES SO NATURALLY THEY TAKE AN INTEREST IN THEIR DADS DUSTY OLD SWAG OF DEMO RECORDED TUNES. THEY SOON GET TO WORK TO RE-RECORD THEM WITH A FRESH SOUND AND THE REMAINDER OF THEIR REPETOIR CONSISTS OF MATERIAL THEY COMPOSE THEMSELVES UNDER THEIR DADS WATCHFUL EYE .

NOTE:  MINDY IS THE ARCHETYPAL NEUROTIC STAGE MOTHER.

WITH THE PASSING OF TIME UNCLE LOUIE IS SHOWING SIGNS OF FRAILTY BUT HE STILL MAKES THE EFFORT AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR TO JOURNEY OUT TO THE COLONY WITH SKIPPER FOR SOME FUN AND GAMES AT THE SPACE WORLD CASINO. ON ONE SUCH OCCASION AFTER A SHARED CHARGE OF MESCALINE HE IS BEING PUSHED ALONG THE OUTER DECK, PROMENADE IN HIS WHEELCHAIR BY A COURTESY ROBOT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ELECTRIC LIGHTS BEGIN TO FLICKER.  AN ALIEN LOOKING SPACECRAFT MATERIALIZES OUT OF THIN AIR BEFORE THEM JUST OUTSIDE THE LARGE PRESSURIZED WINDOW AND A CRYSTALLINE, FLOATING ORB MAGICALLY MANIFESTS IN THE LOUNGE AREA. A LIQUIDY DOORWAY ENTRANCE OPENS IN THE ORB AND A RAMP IS LOWERED DOWN ONTO THE SHOE GRIP CARPET.  THEN A ROBOTIC TRAVEL HOSTESS WELCOMES THE GUESTS INTO THE ORB AND ONCE INSIDE BOTH UNCLE LOUIE AND SKIPPER REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THE SAME AGE THEY WERE WHEN THEY FIRST MET.  IT BECOMES APPARENT AS THE ENTRANCE OF THE ORB CLOSES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SOMEHOW TRANSFERRED TO THE LARGER SPACE VEHICLE AND THEY ARE BANKING AWAY FROM THE COLONY WHICH SOON BECOMES A DOT OF LIGHT FAR OFF IN THE DISTANCE. 

UNCLE LOUIE IS ALL FOR THE IDEA OF FLYING OFF INTO OUTER SPACE BUT HE EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO SCORE WEED AND CHIVIS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT MAKES LIFE BEARABLE.  NO SOONER DO HIS DOUBTS ARISE BEFORE A NUMBER OF SLIDE OUT COMPARTMENTS BEGIN OPENING ALL AROUND THE SPACECRAFT INTERIOR PACKED WITH MOOD ALTERING GOODIES. A LARGE SCREEN FLICKERS TO LIFE THAT FEATURES CHEECH AND CHONG ANIMATIONS GREETING THEIR GUESTS WITH THE NEWS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE SPACE BROTHERS AS THE WINNERS OF THE INTERSTELLAR AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE EXCELLENCE IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. OTHER ROBOT HOSTESSES POP CHAMPAGNE CORKS AND FIRE UP JOINTS AS THE CHEECH AND CHONG ANIMATIONS SUDDENLY VANISH FROM THE SCREEN AND ARE REPLACED BY THE IMAGE OF THE FLOATING MONOLITH IN '2001 A SPACE ODDESSY'.  SKIPPER LEANS OVER TO SNORT A LINE THAT IS BEING OFFERED BY A HOSTESS AND AS HE IS RECOVERING FROM THE BLAST HE FINDS THAT HE IS NO LONGER IN AN ALIEN SPACECRAFT BUT SIDE OF STAGE AT THE ROXY AS THE STARKIDS OPEN THEIR SET AND BLOW THE EXPECTANT CROWD AWAY.  THE SONG ‘TAKE ME TO HEAVEN’ IS THE FIRST SINGLE BY THE KIDS TO BE RELEASED WITH A HIGHLY CONFIDENT AND DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, SIXTEEN YEAR OLD SUSIE ON LEAD VOCALS. IT ENTERS THE BILLBOARD CHARTS AT NUMBER ONE. THEN WITHIN WEEKS OF THEIR FIRST GIG UNCLE LOUIE SECURES A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DEAL WITH SONY TO PRODUCE A PILOT MOVIE AND TELEVISION SERIES CALLED ‘KIDS IN SPACE’ WHICH IS SET IN AND AROUND THE FREESPACE COLONY.

AS THE CROWD GATHERS AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL FOR THE FREESPACE LOTTERY EVENT IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR BACKSTAGE. THE WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED JUST PRIOR TO THE KIDS HITTING THE STAGE WHERE THEY OPEN THE SET WITH THEIR SMASH HIT AS THE CREDITS BEGIN TO ROLL.

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TAKE ME TO HEAVEN

I SAW YOU IN THE DISTANCE, BUT YOU DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE ME

I TRIED TO CATCH YOUR ATTENTION, BUT I GUESS IT JUST WASN’T MEANT TO BE.

IN MY DREAMS I SEE YOU THERE, AND I KNOW THAT I AM THE ONE FOR YOU

WE CAN BE SO PERFECT TOGETHER, AND ALL OF OUR DREAMS THEY CAN COME TRUE.

CHORUS

WE CAN FLY BEYOND STARS, ON THE WINGS OF LOVE AS FREE AS ANGELS

SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND TAKE ME UP TO HEAVEN, IN YOUR SWEET ARMS I’LL ALWAYS BE,

ON THE WINGS OF LOVE AS FREE AS THE ANGELS,

WE WILL FLY AWAY TOGETHER TO KINGDOM COME

THERE’S NOT A SINGLE THING THAT CAN STAND IN OUR WAY

AND ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN IT WILL BE, WILL BE, WILL BE.

IT WILL BE DONE.

IT WILL BE DONE.

                                                   

                  LOOK AROUND YOU EVERYWHERE, AND YOU WILL FIND THAT LOVE IS WAITING

JUST AROUND THE VERY NEXT CORNER, AND THERE’S NO POINT IN HESITATING.

THE MIRACLE OF LIFE IS OURS TO SHARE, AND IT’S A CRIME TO WASTE THE TIME WE ARE GIVEN

WE HAVE TO BELIEVE THERE IS A GREATER GOOD, THEN MABEY ALL THAT IS WRONG IN THE WORLD CAN BE FORGIVEN.

CHORUS

WE CAN FLY BEYOND STARS, ON THE WINGS OF LOVE AS FREE AS  ANGELS

SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND TAKE ME UP TO HEAVEN, IN YOUR SWEET ARMS I’LL ALWAYS BE,

ON THE WINGS OF LOVE AS FREE AS THE ANGELS,

WE WILL FLY AWAY TOGETHER TO KINGDOM COME

THERE’S NOT A SINGLE THING THAT CAN STAND IN OUR WAY

AND ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN IT WILL BE, WILL BE, WILL BE.

IT WILL BE DONE.

IT WILL BE DONE.

AND WE WILL BE INNOCENT AS CHILDREN AND WE WILL RISE UP IN A BRAND NEW DAY.

INNOCENT AS CHILDREN AND THE LIGHT OF LOVE WILL GUIDE US ON OUR WAY.

                                                                           CHORUS.